Agenda item

Council Tax 2025/2026

Minutes:

The recommendations to the Council, as set out in the report, were moved and seconded and in accordance with the Council Procedure Rule 19.7, a recorded vote was taken, the result of which was as follows:

 

For (23)

Against (4)

Abstention (0)

Councillor D Armiger

Councillor J Brown

 

Councillor A Briggs

Councillor N Chapman

 

Councillor C Burke

Councillor M Christopher

 

Councillor B Bushell

Councillor C Smalley

 

Councillor L Bushell

 

 

Councillor A Currier

 

 

Councillor L Danese

 

 

Councillor T Dyer

 

 

Councillor G Hewson

 

 

Councillor R Longbottom

 

 

Councillor B Mara

 

 

Councillor A McNulty

 

 

Councillor D Nannestad

 

 

Councillor L Preston

 

 

Councillor A Pritchard

 

 

Councillor C Roper

 

 

Councillor H Spratt

 

 

Councillor R Storer

 

 

Councillor D Stothard

 

 

Councillor N Tweddle

 

 

Councillor C Watt

 

 

Councillor J Wells

 

 

Councillor L Woolley

 

 

 

RESOLVED

 

That the following, as submitted, be approved:

 

1.    Acceptance of the 6th January 2025 Executive Committee recommendation that the Council Tax Base for 2025/26, as calculated in accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, to be 25,764.25.

 

2.    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2025/26 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

a)

£123,900,580

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimated for the items set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by the Parish Councils.

                                                            

b)

£115,733,830

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimated for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

c)

£8,166,750 of the Act

being the amount by which the aggregate at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31A (4) of the Act).

 

d)

£316.98

being the amount at 2(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1 above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

 

e)

£0

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act

 

f)

£316.98

being the amount at 2c) above less the amount at 2e) above, all divided by the amount at 1 above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 33(1) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year

 

g)

City of Lincoln Council

 

 

A

 

B

 

C

 

D

£211.32

£246.54

£281.76

£316.98

 

E

 

F

 

G

 

H

£387.42

£457.86

£528.30

£633.96

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the amount at 2f) above by the number which, in proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, was applicable to dwellings listed in a particular band divided by the number which in proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in Valuation Band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different bands.

 

3.    That it be noted that for the year 2025/26 Lincolnshire County Council had stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the dwelling bandings shown below:

 

 

Lincolnshire County Council

 

A

B

C

D

£1,083.90

£1,264.55

£1,445.20

£1,625.85

E

F

G

H

£1,987.15

£2,348.45

£2,709.75

£3,251.70

 

4.   That it be noted that for the year 2025/26 Police & Crime Commissioner Lincolnshire had provisionally stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with the dwelling bandings shown below:

 

 

Police & Crime Commissioner Lincolnshire

A

B

C

D

£212.10

£247.45

£282.80

£318.15

E

F

G

H

£388.85

£459.55

£530.25

£636.30

 

5.     That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 2g, 3 and 4 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby set the following as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2025/26 in accordance with the dwelling bandings shown below:

 

 

Total Council Tax Charge 2025/26

 

A

B

C

D

£1,507.32

£1,758.54

£2,009.76

£2,260.98

E

F

G

H

£2,763.42

£3,265.86

£3,768.30

£4,521.96

 

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